421 N. COUNTY FARM ROAD  
WHEATON, IL 60187  
DU PAGE COUNTY  
Human Services  
www.dupagecounty.gov  
Final Summary  
Tuesday, November 19, 2024  
9:30 AM  
Room 3500A  
1.  
CALL TO ORDER  
9:30 AM meeting was called to order by Chair Greg Schwarze at 9:35 AM.  
2.  
ROLL CALL  
Chair Schwarze appointed County Board Member Patty Gustin to the committee for quorum  
purposes.  
Staff in attendance: Tim Harbaugh (Deputy Director of Facilities), Evan Shields (Public  
Information Officer), Nick Alfonso (Assistant State's Attorney), Valerie Calvente, Donna  
Weidman, Brian Rovik (Procurement), DeAndre Redd (Finance), Natasha Belli, Gina  
Strafford-Ahmed (Community Services Administrators), Mary Keating (Director of Community  
Services), and Janelle Chadwick (Administrator of the DuPage Care Center).  
Childress, Garcia, Schwarze, and Gustin  
DeSart, Galassi, and LaPlante  
PRESENT  
ABSENT  
3.  
4.  
5.  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
No public comments were offered.  
CHAIR REMARKS - CHAIR SCHWARZE  
No remarks were offered.  
APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
5.A.  
24-3086  
Human Services Committee - Regular Meeting - Tuesday, November 5, 2024  
APPROVED  
RESULT:  
Michael Childress  
Patty Gustin  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
6.  
LENGTH OF SERVICE AWARD  
6.A. Length of Service Award - Christine Kliebhan - 30 years - DuPage Care Center  
7.  
COMMUNITY SERVICES - MARY KEATING  
7.A.  
HS-P-0053-24  
Awarding resolution issued to WellSky Corporation, for renewal of the Annual Homeless  
Management Information System Software and Cloud services contract, renewal of  
licenses, training, support, and custom programming, for the period of November 1, 2024  
through October 31, 2025, for a contract total not to exceed $52,948.90. (Community  
Services)  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
Michael Childress  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Patty Gustin  
SECONDER:  
7.B.  
FI-R-0216-24  
Revision to Personnel Budget. (Community Services)  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
Paula Garcia  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Patty Gustin  
SECONDER:  
7.C.  
FI-R-0220-24  
Acceptance and appropriation of the Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies  
(IACAA) Employment Barrier Reduction Pilot Program PY25 Agreement No.  
FCSDG05509, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 1675, in the amount of $46,000.  
(Community Services)  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
Patty Gustin  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Paula Garcia  
SECONDER:  
8.  
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION - MARY KEATING  
8.A.  
FI-R-0223-24  
Acceptance of an Extension of Time for the Community Project Funding Environmental  
Review Records Program PY24, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 1560, from  
November 30, 2024 to November 30, 2025. (Community Services)  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
Patty Gustin  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Paula Garcia  
SECONDER:  
8.B.  
FI-R-0224-24  
Acceptance and appropriation of the Community Project Funding Environmental Review  
Records Program PY25, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 1560, $19,000. (Community  
Services)  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
Patty Gustin  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Michael Childress  
SECONDER:  
9.  
DUPAGE CARE CENTER - JANELLE CHADWICK  
9.A. Presentation: DuPage County Care Center Building Renovation Update  
Janelle Chadwick and Tim Harbaugh gave a presentation regarding the project scope and ARPA  
allocations. The project was funded with ARPA dollars, CDBG, and the Kenneth Moy fund. The  
north building, the lobby, and the exterior entrance are complete.  
Tim Harbaugh stated they will decrease the scope of the project. Unforeseen costs included  
asbestos abatement, the addition of designated exam rooms required by the Illinois Department  
of Public Health, bringing the fire dampers up to current standards, HVAC issues, replacing the  
nurse call devices, which were old and antiquated, and the replacement of all sprinkler heads,  
which must be the same model type. Six rooms that were not in the original scope will be added  
as it makes sense to renovate them since work is already being completed in the same areas.  
These rooms consist of the occupational therapy room used by both short- and long-term  
residents, recreation room, resident dining room, conference rooms, and the laundry room.  
To offset the above costs, the east renovation has been put on hold. The east renovation will go  
out to bid in two weeks with their QVS Quality Construction for an estimated $15M, to be  
funded by Care Center reserves. They hope to be able to bring this to the County Board for  
approval by March or April so the east remodel can begin as the current project finishes in the  
summer or 2026.The east wing is for short stay and consists of approximately 50 to 60 beds,  
covering two floors. They will hire an architect and a construction manager, both under one  
contract.  
9.B.  
HS-CO-0004-24  
Amendment to Resolution HHS-P-0306-22, issued to Wight Construction Services, Inc.,  
to provide Construction Manager at Risk/Guaranteed Maximum Price method of  
delivery, for the modernization and upgrades of the Kenneth Moy DuPage Care Center  
Facility, to eliminate the East wing from scope and various changes in scope and to  
decrease the funding in the amount of $530,327, resulting in a final County cost of  
$29,163,373, a decrease of 1.79%. (PARTIAL ARPA ITEM)  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
Patty Gustin  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Paula Garcia  
SECONDER:  
9.C.  
HS-CO-0005-24  
Amendment to Resolution HHS-P-0305-22, issued to WSP USA Design, Inc., for  
Professional Architectural and Engineering Design Services for the modernization and  
upgrade of the Kenneth Moy DuPage Care Center Facility, to remove the East wing from  
scope and decrease the funding in the amount of $269,673, resulting in a final County  
cost of $1,536,627, a decrease of 14.93%. (PARTIAL ARPA ITEM)  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
Patty Gustin  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Paula Garcia  
SECONDER:  
10.  
CONSENT ITEMS  
10.A.  
24-3087  
RCM Healthcare Services, Contract 7019-0001 SERV, this Purchase Order is decreasing  
encumbrance in the amount of $85,000, due to the vendor recently decreasing the amount  
of staff being provided.  
APPROVED  
Paula Garcia  
Patty Gustin  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
Member Childress left the meeting at 9:53 AM.  
11.  
INFORMATIONAL  
Due to Member Childress having to leave the meeting and creating an absence of a quorum, the  
Assistant State's Attorney in attendance stated that items 11.A. through 11.D. were informational  
and did not need a vote, only to be read at the meeting.  
11.A.  
24-3088  
GPN 042-24 DHS Employment Barrier Reduction Program PY25, Illinois Association of  
Community Action Agencies (IACAA), US Department of Health and Human Services -  
$46,000 (Community Services)  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
RESULT:  
24-3089  
11.B.  
11.C.  
11.D.  
GPN 043-24 DuPage Care Center Foundation - Recreation Therapy Grant PY25,  
$29,435.00 (DuPage Care Center)  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
RESULT:  
24-3090  
GPN 044-24 DuPage Care Center Foundation Music Therapy Grant PY25, $ 60,462.00.  
(DuPage Care Center)  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
RESULT:  
24-3091  
GPN 045-24 DuPage Care Center Foundation Coordinator Grant PY25, $31,192.00  
(DuPage Care Center)  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
RESULT:  
12.  
RESIDENCY WAIVERS - JANELLE CHADWICK  
No residency waivers were offered.  
13.  
14.  
DUPAGE CARE CENTER UPDATE - JANELLE CHADWICK  
COMMUNITY SERVICES UPDATE - MARY KEATING  
Mary Keating referred to Item 7.B., the Revision to the Personnel Budget, explaining the revision  
is specifically for someone to work on the HOME ARP Project. As part of the American  
Recovery Plan, Congress created a new Affordable Housing Program, not attached to other  
programs, and with a whole new set of rules. Community services will need to add a staff person  
specifically for that project.  
The Community Project Funding items, items, 8.A. and 8. B., which used to be called earmarks,  
are congressionally directed funding towards specific projects. Congress is using the Community  
Development Block Grant (CDBG) platform to get the funds out, which will include the CDBG  
regulations. This requires an environmental review, which is an extensive list of regulations that  
must be checked upon for every site that has a project. There are specific agencies called  
‘responsible entities’ that are the only agencies for a jurisdiction that can sign off on an  
environmental review, which happens to be our Community Development staff. These projects  
have really expanded the workload of the staff, so we have entered into MOU’s with seven  
agencies that have received this funding to extend the agreements.  
The telephone calls into the Information & Referral unit are mounting and the unit is short  
staffed. Although the positions are posted, we are not having success in recruiting. We have  
offered overtime, bumped postings on Indeed, reach out to our memberships, and have asked  
staff that have moved into other positions to assist. We are asking for peoples’ patience. Ms.  
Keating noted that due to the complexity of the training, it takes at least one month before an  
employee can assist clients and it also makes it not feasible to bring in staff from other  
departments. Ms. Keating answered questions from the committee.  
The State of Illinois notified us that we will receive $57,000 towards the 211 system. This  
funding will be allocated to expenses occurred in the state’s current fiscal year. We will be able  
to recoup some funding for the database management.  
15.  
16.  
17.  
OLD BUSINESS  
No old business was discussed.  
NEW BUSINESS  
No new business was discussed.  
ADJOURNMENT  
With no further business, Chair Schwarze adjourned the meeting at 10:15 AM.